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When the gestures are managed in this way , I should be inclined to prefer the action as noted in the first manner : provided they are made with due deliberation in the second gesture marked nefwhich is followed by ...
When the gestures are managed in this way , I should be inclined to prefer the action as noted in the first manner : provided they are made with due deliberation in the second gesture marked nefwhich is followed by ...
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proceed to the position noted B phc . Whilst the arms move from this to the different positions q and x , the head and eyes , rather preccde their action . If the right hand perform the principal action , the head follows its motion and ...
proceed to the position noted B phc . Whilst the arms move from this to the different positions q and x , the head and eyes , rather preccde their action . If the right hand perform the principal action , the head follows its motion and ...
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“ I weep for him ; " this is noted E - R . the right hand on the eyes , the left at rest . “ Him have I offended , ” noted on “ him ” ihf rc , recoiling : in this action the finger is pointed suddenly and scornfully , and is then ...
“ I weep for him ; " this is noted E - R . the right hand on the eyes , the left at rest . “ Him have I offended , ” noted on “ him ” ihf rc , recoiling : in this action the finger is pointed suddenly and scornfully , and is then ...
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Contents
Chironomia or a Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery | 1 |
Of the Voice | 27 |
Of the VoiceGeneral Precepts | 67 |
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| Title | Chironomia: Or, A Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery Landmarks in rhetoric and public address |
| Author | Gilbert Austin |
| Editors | Mary Margaret Robb, Lester Thonssen |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Southern Illinois University Press, 1966 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0809302292, 9780809302291 |
| Length | 583 pages |
| Subjects | › Language Arts & Disciplines / General |
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